Error Messages
The following error messages are returned to the current list device when an error is encountered by the TELNET user program. After a message is printed, the user may again be presented with the TELNET prompt.
| TELNET User Error Messages |
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Internal TELNET error | An internal TELNET error has occurred. |
(TELNET ERR 1) |
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Unable to connect to target | A connection could not be established to the target computer, |
computer | because of one of the following problems: |
(TELNET ERR 2) | (1) the target computer name is incorrect, |
| (2) the target computer is not connected to the network, |
| (3) there are not enough system resources, or |
| (4) TELNET has not been initialized at the target computer. |
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Input line too long | The input line was greater than 80 characters. |
(TELNET ERR 3) |
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Cannot find closing | An opening quotation mark was found but not the closing quotation |
quotation mark | mark. |
(TELNET ERR 4) |
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Illegal command | A TELNET command was entered incorrectly with the wrong syntax or |
(TELNET ERR 5) | parameter(s). |
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Unknown command | A TELNET command was entered incorrectly. |
(TELNET ERR 6) |
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Input command is too big | You typed in a command with more than 256 characters. |
(TELNET ERR 7) |
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Unable to initialize TELNET | This error may be returned for one of the following reasons: |
(TELNET ERR 8) | (1) TELNET was unable to acquire sufficient system resources (such |
| as sockets); or |
| (2) an error occurred in accessing Distributed System Available |
| Memory (DSAM) or tables in DSAM; |
| (3) user's terminal is not connected to a D6MUX or A400 MUX, or is |
| not a remote TELNET session. |
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Illegal escape character | An illegal escape character was entered. |
(TELNET ERR 9) |
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^Y is the interrupt | The interrupt character was specified in the ESCAPE command |
character | instead of an escape character. |
(TELNET ERR 10) |
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Illegal interrupt character | An illegal character was specified for the interrupt character in the |
(TELNET ERR 11) | INTERRUPT command. |
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^[ is the escape character | The escape character was specified in the INTERRUPT command |
(TELNET ERR 12) | instead of an interrupt character. |
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Mode change unavailable | A MODE command was entered when there is no remote connection |
(TELNET ERR 13) | open. |
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Already line | A line MODE command was entered, and the transmission mode is |
(TELNET ERR 14) | already in line mode. |
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Already character | A character MODE command was entered, and the transmission mode |
(TELNET ERR 15) | is already in character mode. |
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Unknown parameter | The parameter entered is unknown for the command. |
(TELNET ERR 16) |
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Ambiguous parameter | Not enough characters have been entered for a parameter to |
(TELNET ERR 17) | differentiate it from another parameter. |
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No connection open | A TELNET command was entered that requires an open connection. |
(TELNET ERR 18) |
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Node name is too long | A node name was entered with more than 50 characters. |
(TELNET ERR 19) |
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